Career
After serving two terms, he was defeated in the 1916 Republican Primary and therefore did not run again for the office. He was educated at Milnor High School, and later took courses at a business college in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He served in various capacities in the office of the Auditor beginning in 1901, and was elected to the position of State Auditor in 1912.
He served until he lost his party"s primary in 1916.
He died at the age of 70 in Fargo, North Dakota.
